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COUNCILLORS
Listed below are all the Town Councillors, including their photos and areas of
Town Council responsibility.
You can also find out who represents certain organisations by clicking on
Town Council
Representatives & Appointments
You can
contact the Councillors direct or via the
Town Clerk's Office.
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Cllr. Sara Loch (Old Town Ward)

Chairman of Council and Town
Mayor
Serving Councillor since October 2000
Ex-Officio Member of all Committees and Working Groups
Member of Corn Exchange Working Group
Member of Tough Choices & Project Planning Working Group
Town Council Representative to Blandford Forum Charities and Foundation
Governors Blandford Secondary School Foundation, Market Coastal Towns
Initiative, North Dorset Youth Council, and Partners and Communities Together
Ancient Monuments Officer
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Cllr. Lynn Lindsay (Station Ward)
Vice Chairman of Council and Deputy Town
Mayor
Serving Councillor since 1999
Past Mayor 2003/2004
Ex-Officio Member of all Committees and Working Groups
Chairman of Recreation & Amenities Committee
Member of Corn Exchange Working Group
Member of Tough Choices & Project Planning Working Group
Town Council Representative to Blandford Age Concern, Blandford Leisure Centre
Action Group, Deputy for North Dorset Larger Councils (DAPTC), and North Dorset
Community Safety Partnership, and Partners and Communities Together
Governor at Milldown First School
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Cllr. Esme Butler (Langton St
Leonards Ward)

Serving Councillor since May 1999
Past Mayor 2002/2003 and 2005/2006
Chairman of Finance & Staffing Committee
Member of Planning
Committee
Chairman of Corn Exchange Working Group
Member of Tough Choices & Project Planning Working Group
Town Council Representative to Blandford Forum Charities
and DT11 Forum
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Cllr Adrian Ford (Old Town Ward) Serving
Councillor since May 2007
Member of Finance & Staffing Committee
Member of Planning Committee
Member of Town & General Purposes Committee
Town Council Representative to Chamber of Trade and Deputy to DT11 Forum
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Cllr. Harold Galpin (Damory
Down Ward)
Serving Councillor since October 2000
Chairman of Planning Committee
Member of Recreation & Amenities Committee
Member of Finance & Staffing Committee
Town Council Tree Warden
Town Council Representative to Allotment
Management Committee and Mortain & Blandford Twinning Association
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Cllr. Steve Hitchings (Hilltop Ward)
Serving Councillor
since May 2003
Member of Corn Exchange Working Group
Member of Tough Choices & Project Planning Working Group
Town Council Representative to
Blandford Forum Charities and TIC Observer
North Dorset District Councillor for Hilltop Ward |
Cllr Sylvia Hixson Andrews (Old Town Ward)
Serving Councillor since May 2007
Vice Chairman of Planning Committee
Member of Recreation & Amenities Committee
Member of Tough Choices & Project Planning Working Group
Member of Corn Exchange Working Group
Town Council Representative to Foundation
Governors Blandford Secondary School Foundation, North Dorset Youth Council, and Blandford Opportunity Group
Blandford Public Transport Group - Parish
Transport Representative
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Cllr. Rosemary
J Holmes
(Damory
Down Ward)
Serving Councillor since January 1990
Past Mayor 2000/2001
Member of Finance & Staffing Committee
Member of Planning Committee
Member of Town & General Purposes Committee
Town Council Representative to Blandford &
District Civic Society, Blandford Forum Museum Trust, Chamber of Trade and Blandford Forum Charities
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Cllr. Mike Owen (Station Ward)
Serving Councillor May 1991 to May 2007 - re-elected August 2007
Member of Planning Committee
Member of Recreation & Amenities Committee
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Cllr A Pemberton (Old Town Ward) Serving
Councillor since May 2007
Member of Finance & Staffing Committee
Member of Planning Committee
Member of Town & General Purposes Committee
Town Council Representative to Blandford Forum Museum
Trust, Great Dorset Steam Fair and Deputy to DT11 Forum
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Cllr. Peter Randall (Hilltop Ward)

Serving Councillor since May 2001
Member of Planning Committee
Member of Town & General Purposes Committee
Cycling Officer
DAPTC Larger Councils representative
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Cllr. Isabel C
Rose (Station Ward)
Serving Councillor since October 2005
Member of Finance & Staffing Committee
Member of Planning Committee
Chairman of Town & General Purposes Committee
Member of Corn Exchange Working Group
Member of Tough Choices & Project Planning Working Group
Town Council Representative to Chamber of
Trade, Clean Up Blandford Campaign and Preetz & Blandford Twinning Association
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Cllr Jackie Stayt (Hilltop Ward)
 Serving Councillor since May 2007
Vice Chairman of Planning Committee
Member of Town & General Purposes Committee
Blandford Public Transport Group - Parish
Transport Representative
Town Council Representative to Mortain &
Blandford Twinning Association,
DAPTC North Dorset representative, and Deputy TIC Observer
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Cllr. Frank Webber (Damory
Down)
Serving Councillor since September 1999
Member of Planning Committee
Member of Recreation & Amenities Committee
Town Council Representative to Allotment
Society
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Cllr. Haydn White (Station Ward)
Serving Councillor since 1983
Past Mayor 1998/1999, 1995/1996 and 1999/2000
Member of Finance and Staffing Committee
Member of Planning Committee
Member of Recreation and Amenities Committee
Member of Tough Choices & Project Planning Working Group
Town Council representative on DT11 Forum, William Williams Charity,
Blandford Area Youth Management Committee, Preetz & Blandford Twinning
Association, Market & Coastal Towns Initiative and DAPTC Larger Councils and North Dorset representative
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Cllr Tom Xavier (Langton St Leonards Ward)
 Serving Councillor since May 2007
Member of Planning Committee
Member of Recreation and Amenities Committee
Rights of Way Officer
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CONTACT YOUR COUNCILLORS
TOWN
COUNCIL REPRESENTATION ON
EXTERNAL ORGANISATIONS
The
Town Council appoints Councillors to act as representatives to organisations
and groups within the town. Councillors' involvement as representatives
in the local community develops greater understanding within the Council
of the role of these organisations and groups. Representatives are nominated
either at the request of a particular organisation/group or, if core
funding has been granted, at the request of the Town Council.
The
term of office for representatives is normally for a period of one year
commencing from the Statutory Annual Meeting of the Town Council in May. Town Council representatives
are expected to regularly attend meetings of the organisation they represent
and take an active part in its operations. Annual reports are submitted
by each representative to the Statutory Annual Meeting of the Town
Council in May.
A
list of the representatives is shown below:
REPRESENTATIVES / TOWN COUNCIL APPOINTMENTS
2008/09
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EXTERNAL
ORGANISATION
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REPRESENTATIVE 2008/09
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Age Concern
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Cllr L Lindsay
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Allotment Society |
Cllr H Galpin
Cllr F Webber |
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Ancient Monuments
Officer
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Cllr S Loch |
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Blandford & District
Civic Society
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Cllr R Holmes |
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Blandford Area Youth
Management Committee
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Cllr H White |
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Blandford Forum
Charities (4 Cllrs) |
Cllr E Butler
Cllr S Hitchings
Cllr R Holmes
Cllr S Loch |
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Blandford Leisure
Centre Action Group |
Cllr L Lindsay
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Blandford Forum Museum
Trust |
Cllr A Pemberton
Cllr R Holmes |
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Blandford Opportunity
Group |
Cllr S Hixson Andrews
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Blandford Public
Transport Group
Parish Transport
Representative
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Cllr S Hixson Andrews
Cllr J Stayt |
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Chamber of Trade |
Cllr I Rose (T&GP
Chairman)
Cllr A Ford |
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Clean Up Blandford
Campaign |
Cllr I Rose
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Cycling Officer
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Cllr P Randall
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Dorset Association of
Parish & Town Councils (DAPTC)
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Larger Councils
North Dorset
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Cllr H White
Cllr P Randall
(Deputy: Cllr S Hixson
Andrews)
Cllr White
Cllr Stayt
(Deputy: Cllr L
Lindsay) |
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DT11 Forum |
Cllr H White
Cllr E Butler
Cllr A Pemberton
(Deputy)
Cllr A Ford (Deputy) |
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Foundation Governors
Blandford Secondary
School Foundation |
Cllr S Loch
Cllr S Hixson Andrews
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Great Dorset Steam
Fair |
Cllr A Pemberton |
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Market & Coastal Towns
Initiative
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Cllr S Loch
Cllr H White |
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Mortain & Blandford
Twinning Association |
Cllr H Galpin
Cllr J Stayt |
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North Dorset Youth
Council |
Cllr S Loch
Cllr S Hixson Andrews
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Partners And
Communities Together (PACT) |
Cllr Loch (Chairman of
Council)
Cllr Lindsay (Vice
Chairman of Council)
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Preetz & Blandford
Twinning Association
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Cllr Rose
Cllr White |
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Rights of Way Officer
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Cllr T Xavier |
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Tourist Information
Centre – Observer
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Cllr S Hitchings
Cllr J Stayt (Deputy) |
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Tree Warden |
Cllr H Galpin |
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William Williams
Charity Representative
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Cllr H White |
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